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He's also got a song that's appropriate for May, unfortunately – “Free-Fallin'”.

Fresh off one of the hottest opening months in team history, the Red Sox continued their losing ways today with a 12-4 drubbing at the hands of the Toronto Blue Jays. When coupled with victories by the Yankees and Orioles, the Red Sox' seventh loss in nine games dropped them into third place in the American League East.

“I think we have a number of guys dealing with some frustration right now,” manager John Farrell admitted.

The story of this one was the long ball. The Blue Jays smacked five homers, including two by Jose Bautista. The Red Sox responded with a pair of solo shots, by Mike Napoli and Pedro Ciriaco, that weren't nearly enough.

The Jays made a loser of Ryan Dempster (2-4). The right-hander entered the game with a 2.93 ERA, but the Jays smacked him around for seven hits and six runs in five innings, including three home runs, as his ERA climbed to 3.75.

Offensively, the Sox continued to struggle with runners in scoring position. They had only two fewer hits than Toronto (12-10), but were badly outscored because they grounded into a double play and went 0 for 8 with runners in scoring position.

They now head to Tampa to begin a nine-game road trip that finishes in Minnesota and Chicago for three games with the White Sox.

"We got off to such a good start and we've hit a little rough patch," Dempster said. "The nice part about the guys in here is we're all professionals. We’ve been through the ups and downs before. We're going to go out there, continue to fight and get back on that winning track."